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2026 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 3 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Candidate database ID: 24093
Official candidate name: MAHONEY, DENNIS JOSEPH
Candidate status: Approved
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Official candidate name: MAHONEY, DENNIS JOSEPH
Office: U.S. House District 3
Party: The Independent Party
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His career in disaster relief and long-term development shaped a single mindset — real results for hurting people. In Philadelphia, Dennis builds cross-sector coalitions that keep kids out of the foster care system. He brings neighborhood food markets to food deserts. He works with the school district to surround students, teachers, and principals with community support.
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His career in disaster relief and long-term development shaped a single mindset — real results for hurting people. In Philadelphia, Dennis builds cross-sector coalitions that keep kids out of the foster care system. He brings neighborhood food markets to food deserts. He works with the school district to surround students, teachers, and principals with community support.
A career in service.A campaign for community.
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A career in service.A campaign for community.
Dennis Mahoney was raised on the idea that you serve before you ask. Long before any campaign, he showed up — for foster families navigating an overwhelmed system, for parents trying to keep food on the table, for neighbors trying to keep a block together.
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Dennis Mahoney was raised on the idea that you serve before you ask. Long before any campaign, he showed up — for foster families navigating an overwhelmed system, for parents trying to keep food on the table, for neighbors trying to keep a block together.
A career in service.
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A career in service.
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Housing policy is workforce policy.
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Housing policy is workforce policy.
A person's ZIP code should not determine their future.
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A person's ZIP code should not determine their future.
Restore and expand the Child Tax Credit
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Restore and expand the Child Tax Credit
Economic mobility must lead to ownership.
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Economic mobility must lead to ownership.
Housing isn't a separate problem. It's the load-bearing wall of every other policy: workforce, education, public safety, family stability.
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Housing isn't a separate problem. It's the load-bearing wall of every other policy: workforce, education, public safety, family stability.
Expand federal investment in workforce housing near transit and job centers. Protect naturally affordable neighborhoods from speculative displacement. Make first-time homeownership reachable through down-payment assistance, tangled-title reform, and credit pathways.
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Expand federal investment in workforce housing near transit and job centers. Protect naturally affordable neighborhoods from speculative displacement. Make first-time homeownership reachable through down-payment assistance, tangled-title reform, and credit pathways.
Modernize the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and pair it with existing tax-exempt bond authority to leverage private capital. Any specific cost or revenue figures will be published with their underlying source as the platform develops.
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Modernize the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and pair it with existing tax-exempt bond authority to leverage private capital. Any specific cost or revenue figures will be published with their underlying source as the platform develops.
Push federal investment in SEPTA reliability and frequency on the routes that move working people. Make broadband a universal-service utility with affordability protections. Expand registered apprenticeships in the trades, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing.
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Push federal investment in SEPTA reliability and frequency on the routes that move working people. Make broadband a universal-service utility with affordability protections. Expand registered apprenticeships in the trades, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing.
Public investments in early childhood, child nutrition, and family stability are among the highest-return categories of federal spending. The campaign will publish specific cost-and-return analyses, with their sources, as each proposal is finalized.
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Public investments in early childhood, child nutrition, and family stability are among the highest-return categories of federal spending. The campaign will publish specific cost-and-return analyses, with their sources, as each proposal is finalized.
Pass federal tangled-title reform so families can claim the homes their elders left them. Fund home-repair grants so legacy homeowners can stay. Invest in neighborhood small-business growth, especially Black- and immigrant-owned. Strengthen the institutions — churches, CDCs, credit unions — that anchor wealth in place.
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Pass federal tangled-title reform so families can claim the homes their elders left them. Fund home-repair grants so legacy homeowners can stay. Invest in neighborhood small-business growth, especially Black- and immigrant-owned. Strengthen the institutions — churches, CDCs, credit unions — that anchor wealth in place.
Modernize the Community Reinvestment Act to drive private capital into the neighborhoods that need it. Pair with refundable homeowner tax credits and SBA expansion for legacy small businesses.
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Modernize the Community Reinvestment Act to drive private capital into the neighborhoods that need it. Pair with refundable homeowner tax credits and SBA expansion for legacy small businesses.
Too many families are working harder than ever while feeling further behind. A raise should not cost a family its healthcare. Overtime should not cost a parent childcare. A senior should not lose the home their family built. A young person should not have to leave Philadelphia to find a future.
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Too many families are working harder than ever while feeling further behind. A raise should not cost a family its healthcare. Overtime should not cost a parent childcare. A senior should not lose the home their family built. A young person should not have to leave Philadelphia to find a future.
Five connected commitments — because the challenges facing Philadelphia are connected, and the solutions must be too.
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Five connected commitments — because the challenges facing Philadelphia are connected, and the solutions must be too.
No family should become poorer because they started earning more.
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No family should become poorer because they started earning more.
Expand affordable and attainable housing
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Expand affordable and attainable housing
Expanded transit connectivity
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Expanded transit connectivity
Protect food assistance and school meals
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Protect food assistance and school meals
Tangled title reform
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Tangled title reform
Dennis will fight for federal legislation that smooths the transition from public benefits to economic independence — phasing benefits out gradually as income rises, not yanking them away the moment a family crosses an arbitrary line. He will work with city and state partners to coordinate workforce programs, childcare subsidies, healthcare access, and housing assistance so a single life is treated as a single system — not five disconnected forms.
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Dennis will fight for federal legislation that smooths the transition from public benefits to economic independence — phasing benefits out gradually as income rises, not yanking them away the moment a family crosses an arbitrary line. He will work with city and state partners to coordinate workforce programs, childcare subsidies, healthcare access, and housing assistance so a single life is treated as a single system — not five disconnected forms.
Smoothing the benefits cliff is intended to bring more workers into stable, full-time employment over time. The campaign is committed to pairing any policy proposal with a transparent fiscal framework — and to publishing the source modeling alongside it.
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Smoothing the benefits cliff is intended to bring more workers into stable, full-time employment over time. The campaign is committed to pairing any policy proposal with a transparent fiscal framework — and to publishing the source modeling alongside it.
Restore and expand the Child Tax Credit. Protect SNAP, WIC, and school meals from cuts. Make childcare affordable through a combined federal-state structure. Expand community-based healthcare access. Strengthen utility affordability programs so no family chooses between heat and groceries.
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Restore and expand the Child Tax Credit. Protect SNAP, WIC, and school meals from cuts. Make childcare affordable through a combined federal-state structure. Expand community-based healthcare access. Strengthen utility affordability programs so no family chooses between heat and groceries.
Dennis believes Philadelphia is one of the greatest cities in the world: the birthplace of American democracy, a city of neighborhoods, resilience, faith, and grit. He also believes too many families are working harder than ever while feeling further behind. A raise should not cost a family its healthcare. Overtime should not cost a parent childcare. A senior should not lose the home their family built. A young person should not have to leave Philadelphia to find a future.
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Dennis believes Philadelphia is one of the greatest cities in the world: the birthplace of American democracy, a city of neighborhoods, resilience, faith, and grit. He also believes too many families are working harder than ever while feeling further behind. A raise should not cost a family its healthcare. Overtime should not cost a parent childcare. A senior should not lose the home their family built. A young person should not have to leave Philadelphia to find a future.
I am running to help build a government that rewards progress instead of punishing it. A government that sees housing as workforce infrastructure, family stability as economic policy, and wealth-building as essential to neighborhood flourishing.
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I am running to help build a government that rewards progress instead of punishing it. A government that sees housing as workforce infrastructure, family stability as economic policy, and wealth-building as essential to neighborhood flourishing.
Support first-time homeownership
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Support first-time homeownership
Investments connecting residents to growing industries
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Investments connecting residents to growing industries
Increase childcare affordability
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Increase childcare affordability
Protect families from healthcare affordability cliffs
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Protect families from healthcare affordability cliffs
Increase housing near transit and job centers
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Increase housing near transit and job centers
Expand community-based healthcare access
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Expand community-based healthcare access
Coordinate workforce and support systems
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Coordinate workforce and support systems
No family should have to navigate a crisis alone.
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No family should have to navigate a crisis alone.
Modernize anti-poverty programs around upward mobility
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Modernize anti-poverty programs around upward mobility
Work should always move families forward.
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Work should always move families forward.
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FEC candidate totals April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026.
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Candidate ID: H6PA03369
Name: MAHONEY, DENNIS JOSEPH
Office: House
State: PA
District: 03
Coverage start: 2026-04-01
Coverage end: 2026-06-30
Total receipts: $10800.00
Total disbursements: $2548.25
Cash on hand: $8251.75
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
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